First book from Rabbi Ingram

Rabbi Chaim Ingram will launch his first book in Sydney next weekend. Read more

Hadassah New Zealand fund-raising to help Palestinian children

Hadassah New Zealand is planning to raise funds for the Rozana Project by participating in the March 2014 Jerusalem marathon and generating donations from sponsors in New Zealand and Israel. Read more

Government update for charities

If you are involved in the operation of a registered charity, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission has the following information for you… Read more

Fine tune Gonski Report says ACJS

The Australian Council of Jewish Schools is in favour of the current Liberal government fine tuning the Gonski Report. Read more

Yeshiva lights the real thing

Last week, Sydney Yeshiva along with the NSWJBD ran a dummy run of lighting the Menorah at the NSW State Parliament. Last night, they lit the real thing on the second night of Chanukah…the giant menorah in the city’s Martin Place. Read more

Palestinian Authority approves Australian Initiative

Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank now have access to improved healthcare thanks to a unique multi-faith partnership created in Australia that has won the endorsement of the Palestinian Authority. Read more

Hebrew Language Courses at the University of Melbourne

Hebrew is at the core of our Jewish studies program and has been part of the teaching at The University of Melbourne, Australia’s number one university, for more than 60 years. Read more

Signing objections to Section 18 changes

A group representing multicultural communities in NSW has met at the NSW Parliament to sign a single document expressing objection to changes to the Race Discrimination Act. Read more

Journos report back

The journalists who participated in the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ recent Journalists Mission to Israel will address a public meeting in Sydney next week. Read more

Perth rabbi is national treasure

Australia’s most senior Rabbi is celebrating his 95th birthday with the launch of a biography and tribute. Read more

Melbourne welcomes new ambassador

Israel’s new ambassador to Australia Shmuel Ben-Shmuel has been welcomed by the Melbourne community. Read more

Jerusalem Prize for Julia

Former Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard has been awarded the 2013 Jerusalem Prize. Read more

Seeking the abused

Melbourne’s Jewish Care has been made aware of sexual abuse incidents involving children in residential care in the 1960s. Read more

NSW Multicultural funding not being reduced

NSW Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello has dismissed claims, rehashed by Labor for a third time, that the NSW Government has reduced funding for multicultural communities in the 2013-14 State Budget. Read more

White Ribbon Day: marking awareness of violence against women

Former  Senator and former leader of the National Democrats Natasha Stott Despoja spoke to a packed men’s breakfast at Sydney’s JewishCare Bondi headquarters on White Ribbon Day which marks the awareness to all levels of society of the problems of violence against women. And in Melbourne, businessman David Werdiger writes on the changing face of domestic violence … how it affected Jewish society in the old country and how it affects that same society in contemporary Australia. Read more

Anti-Semitism up 21%

In his report covering the 12 months’ period ending on September 30, 2013, Jeremy Jones has reported 657 incidents defined by the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission as “racist violence” against Jews. Read more

Goot back at ECAJ

The presidency of  The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has moved from Melbourne to Sydney marking the end of Dr Danny Lamm’s tenure as head of the organisations head and the return to the office of Sydney’s Robert Goot who held the position once before. Read more

Kosher Aussies

Garlo’s Pies is about to become the largest Australian pie company to cater for the Jewish community…making the Aussie iconic snack available to kosher consumers. Read more

Colour-in for Chanukah

Chabad Youth NSW have a SONY PS Vita to be won in a Chanukah colouring in competition… Read more

Segal and Wolanski appointed Opera House trustees

NSW Jewish community identities Jillian Segal and Philip Wolanski have been appointed trustees of the Sydney Opera House. Read more

Hechsher at last

Sydney caterer Amaze in Taste is now operating under rabbinical supervision. Read more

NSW UIA holds AGM and awards two special workers

UIA have held their annual AGM and North Shore briefing where guest speaker Ofir Gendelman addressed over 300 attendees on his role as advisor to Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu on Arab Media. Read more

Communities unite to face change of vilification laws

In the wake of Federal Attorney-General George Brandis’s announcement that the government  is planning to water down sections of the Racial Discrimination Act, ten highly significant ethnic communities have united to protest against the move. Read more

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Mitzvah Day roundup

Organisations report how Mitzvah Day went for them…a big day for helping others and endorsed by Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Read more

Heading to the Hill

The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies will undertake its first-ever bridge-building visit to Broken Hill next week. Read more

ECAJ says no to using Parliament to deny genocide

American Professor Justin McCarthy campaigns around the world against the recognition of the Armenian genocide…and has been to use Parliament House as a venue. Read more

Danby and Section 18

Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has spoken in Parliament about the Government’s plan to repeal Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. Read more

Entebbe revisited

ABC’s Radio National’s Philip Adams talks with filmmaker Eyal Boers and shows excerpts from his documentary “Live or Die in Entebbe”…watch the video. Read more

Commenting on comments

As from this week, J-Wire will only publish comments on items submitted in the contributor’s own full name. Read more

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